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Travel Package Includes
Bus transfer from Tel Aviv airport to Bethlehem
All transportation in air-conditioned bus
Guides on all trips outside Bethlehem
Farewell dinner at popular Palestinian restaurant
Honoraria to all speakers
Two meals per day (usually breakfast & dinner)
Friends of Sabeel—North America
and
Canadian Friends of Sabeel
invite you
Popular Resistance
and Liberation Theology
in Palestine
FOSNA/CFOS Witness Trip
and 5th Anniversary Conference
for Kairos-Palestine
November 29-December 10, 2014
Package Does Not Include
International airfare (please make your own arrangements; we will suggest arrival times to
coordinate transfer to Bethlehem hotel)
Some lunches; Drinks at hotels and restaurants
Personal expenses; Insurance; Airport transfer
on departure.
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Travel Package Fees
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Basic tour package price
is $1650 per person
(paid registration by October 15, 2014); add
$200 after Oct. 15. Price is based on double
occupancy and at least 15 participants (add
$125 if 9-14 participants).
Single room supplement is $350 per person.
Limited scholarship support available to youth
ages 21-30. Contact#: (847) 507-0191
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Rev. Dr. Don Wagner
National Program Director
[email protected] (847) 507-0191
www.fosna.org
FOSNA/CFOS Witness Trips
Each year Friends of Sabeel-North America organizes four
to five witness trips to Palestine and Israel, unquestionably
the best form of education possible. As 2014 draws to a
close, we are co-sponsoring a unique witness trip combined with the Kairos-Palestine Fifth Anniversary Conference. We guarantee that you will experience the realities
on the ground, which the mainstream media and our
elected officials choose not to see or discuss. This particular witness trip will focus on meeting people at the grass
roots as well as those in leadership of the “popular resistance” movement. You will visit villagers, farmers, professors, business people, rabbis, Christian clergy, and Muslim
leaders working for justice and utilizing a variety of nonviolent models. You will see the instruments of military
occupation up close, including the settlement infrastructure, the apartheid wall, and prisons, and you will hear
about the military abuse of nonviolent protestors. You will
meet rabbis and young Jewish Israelis who are making
significant sacrifices for justice and peace. You will be
moved by what our friends in Aida Refugee Camp call
“beautiful resistance.”
A unique feature of this witness trip is the inclusion of a
conference to mark the fifth anniversary of the Kairos
Palestine document. Modeled on the 1985 Kairos document of south Africa, Kairos Palestine articulates a theology of resistance, justice, peace, and love. We will meet
several Palestinians who embrace the vision of Palestinian
Liberation Theology and live its
mandates daily. We
hope you will consider joining us for this informative and
exciting opportunity. Please consult the FOSNA and
CFOS websites for further information. You may register
for “Popular Resistance and Palestinian Liberation Theology” at the following link: www.fosna.org/trips.
Proposed Schedule
Schedule continued . . .
Saturday, Nov. 29: Depart from the US or Canada
Thursday, Dec. 4: (Models of Popular Resistance,
cont.). Aida Refugee camp, meet Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour: Director:Al Rowwad Center to discuss “beautiful
resistance.” Travel to Sabeel Ecumenical Theology
Center for Eucharist service. Lunch and discussion of
Palestinian Liberation Theology with Rev. Naim Ateek
and Dr. Estephan Salameh. Meet Sam Bahour, Palestinian business leader to discuss economic justice and resistance. Omar Barghouti: the global BDS movement.
Return to hotel in Bethlehem.
Sunday, Nov. 30: (“Ahlan wa’sahlan”)
Arrival at Tel Aviv airport, transfer to Bethlehem
Check in at Shepherd’s Hotel, welcome dinner
Orientation to schedule; overnight at hotel.
Monday, Dec. 1: (Popular Resistance in Palestine: then
and now). Meeting with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, overview on Popular Resistance and Israel’s Occupation
and settlement strategies; visit Al-Walaja and Cremisan
Valley and Monastery. Lunch with Vivian Sansour,
discuss ion of agricultural resistance, visiting villages.
Dinner and reflection time in group; overnight at hotel.
Tuesday, Dec. 2: (Models of Popular Resistance)
Meet Sami Awad, Director of Holy Land Trust.
Visit Wi’am Center, meet Director Zoughbi Zoughbi
Lunch, meet Rabbi Arik Ashermann, Dir. of Rabbis
for Human Rights. Presentation on The Theology and
Practice of Kairos-Palestine, Rifat Qasis and Nora
Karmi. Dinner and group reflection, overnight at hotel
Wednesday, Dec. 3:
(Models of Popular Resistance, cont.)
Meet Hebron Rehabilitation Committee, discuss reclaiming the Old City. Visit the Ibrahim Mosque.
Lunch with Christian Peacemaker Teams, which practices the theology and practice of “getting in the way.”
Meet Nassar family and work at Tent of Nations:
Dinner, overnight at hotel.
Friday, Dec. 5: (Models of Popular Resistance)
Tour Israeli settlements around Jerusalem and Bethlehem after presentation by Jeff Halper or Palestinian
group. Meet Addameer and Defense of Children International to discuss prisoners and resistance.
Visit Bil’in for Friday afternoon demonstration, lunch
with Iyad Burnat and family ( of “Five Broken Cameras”). Tour Israeli settlements around Jerusalem with
analysis by Jeff Halper of ICAHD
Saturday, Dec. 6: (Kairos Palestine Conference)
Transfer hotels, begin Kairos Palestine Conference.
Lunch with Dr. Mitri Raheb on Palestinian theology
Dinner and overnight at Al-Diyar hotel and guesthouse.
Sunday, Dec. 7: (Worship, Kairos Palestine Conference). Worship at Christmas Lutheran Church.
Lunch and continue Kairos Palestine Conference.
Dinner, group reflection, and overnight at hotel.
Monday, Dec. 8: (Gaza: Crisis and Resistance)
Travel to Gaza, meet with community leaders and models of resistance in Gaza; overnight in Gaza (alternative
plan in place if Gaza visit is not possible)
Tuesday, Dec. 9: (Confronting the Occupation, Farewell Dinner). Discuss Gaza models of resistance.
Return to Bethlehem, shopping and free time.
Farewell dinner in Bethlehem.
Overnight at hotel Bethlehem.
Wednesday, Dec. 10:
Departure to Canada and US

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